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I already told her you were coming over
Leave him be for a bit. Tor will watch out for him
Does she like him?
idk
She is hanging out with him of her own free will
And she let him spend the night
Not normal Tor behavior
Does he like her?
He does keep running to her every time he’s upset
I’m on my way now
thirteen
KARMA IS A CAT
Ihold both cat carriers as Torryn struggles to get her apartment door open with her arms laden of all the other stuff bought.
“Here, let me help,” I interject.
She waves me off. “Your hands are full.”
Dramatically, I lower the carriers to rest on the floor and swipe the keys from her hands. “So are yours.” Pushing the key into the lock, I open the door, pointedly ignoring the creepy guy down the hall with his eyes glued to Torryn’s ass. I usher her inside and flip him off before picking the kittens back up and carrying them into her apartment.
“You stay with them,” I say, pointing to the cats. “And I’ll go back down to the truck and grab the rest of the shit.” There was too much to try and carry it all up in one trip. Maybe if I wasn’t worried about jostling the kittens, but fuck. Didn’t expect kitten litter to be so damn heavy.
Torryn opens her mouth to argue, but I’m already turning my back on her and leaving. She huffs as the door shuts behind me, and I grin a little. By the time I make it back up to the apartment, Potato and Karma are laying on opposite ends of the couch, theireyes lazily following Torryn as she moves around the apartment, mumbling to herself about where to put things.
“Are you going to put the litter box in your bathroom?” I ask, lifting the box and litter in my hands.
She doesn’t answer right away, her eyes roving over the apartment while she thinks. “I guess?”
I chuckle at the indecision in her eyes. “Try it there and if it doesn’t work out, we can always move it.”
She nods and I move past her, bumping her hip with mine as I do, before making my way into her bathroom and setting it up for her. She follows behind me a few moments later, both kittens in her hands. Karma meows, disgruntled, but doesn’t move to take a swipe at Tor. She rolls her eyes at my cat and mumbles, “Told you I was bringing you to your dad.”
Karma settles in my hands as Torryn thrusts her my way. “They need to know where it is,” she explains, plopping Potato down into the box and crouching as she watches him. He sniffs and walks around the box before hopping out and climbing back into her lap. I follow her lead, placing Karma down too. She eyes me disdainfully. I didn’t know cats could be so expressive until this little one. I like how temperamental she is. After a few seconds, she peruses the box before hopping out, walking out of the bathroom and finding her way back to the couch.
I shrug, turning to Torryn. “Want me to order pizza?”
Her eyes widen in surprise before she covers the expression. “You were gonna stay?”
Rolling my lips, I debate how to answer. I hadn’t thought about leaving. I’ve been ignoring the texts and incoming calls–now that are questions about pets and not if I’m okay. I could probably go home and Karma would steal all the focus. I wouldn’t have to worry about conversations I don’t want to have. There’s no reason to really avoid it anymore. But…
But I don’t want to.
Potato squirms and she puts him on the floor and he traces Karma’s path back to the couch. I shrug. “The kittens like each other,” I say in explanation.
Some type of hesitation flashes in her eyes, but I can’t figure out why. Sliding my hands around her waist, I pull her closer to me and dip my fingers in her waistband. “The library was also a long time ago, and your ass has been teasing me in these little shorts ever since.”
Her lips twitch, her hesitation gone, replaced by a glimmer of something else. “I guess we can order pizza.”
